Nia Sioux Talks About Working With Abby Lee Miller

The "Dance Moms" star opens up.

Nia Sioux has grown up in front of the Dance Moms cameras, and she's now opening up about the experience in a new interview. Specifically about what it's like to work with Abby Lee Miller, how she built a thick skin, and why she appreciates the friendships she made on the show more than anything else.

"Whenever I meet a fan they always ask me, 'Is Abby really that mean?' And usually what I say is, what you see is what you get but also they don’t even show everything that happens on the show," Nia Sioux told J-14. So, I mean, other people might say differently but from my point of view, it’s much worse off camera. Nothing changes. That’s just her personality."

But she also went onto say that growing up the way she did "benefitted" her in some important ways.

"Growing up on such an intense set has really benefitted me, but has also been really hard on my life as well just because physically and emotionally it’s hard and a lot of stress goes into it," she said. "Because we’re learning our dances in 2 to 3 days, sometimes you lose that passion for dancing because you’re working so much and trying to remember choreography and so much is going on outside. You just need to sit down and think about it and be like, 'Oh my gosh I’m doing what I love, you’re okay.' But, it can get really intense. It’s definitely taught me how to have a thick skin."